Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A taskforce formed to redefine economic strategies for equitable, sustainable development and secure necessary resources has called for an end to the current trend of student politics in Bangladesh's educational institutions.

At a press conference at the National Economic Council, or NEC, conference room in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Monday, the group's head KAS Murshid said: "We had hoped that the conventional practice of student wing politics, which has continued in our country for the past 50 years, would come to an end.

"Neither I nor the taskforce believe this form of student politics has been particularly beneficial."

He explained that what happens in the name of politics often infiltrates both teachers and s...